Deprived of Other Banquet
poem 773
Deprived of Other Banquet - meaning Summary
Finding Sustenance in Little
The poem presents a speaker who, cut off from larger social or material feasts, makes do with modest self-provision. Small, incremental additions turn an "insufficient Loaf" into something ample and satisfying. The speaker finds companionship and mutual frugality with a robin, sharing a single berry in an act gentle enough to be called charity. The tone is quietly resilient and grateful for modest resources and mutual care.
Read Complete AnalysesDeprived of other Banquet, I entertained Myself At first a scant nutrition An insufficient Loaf But grown by slender addings To so esteemed a size ‘Tis sumptuous enough for me And almost to suffice A Robin’s famine able Red Pilgrim, He and I A Berry from our table Reserve for charity
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